{"id":45437,"date":"2015-11-09T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hipstography.com\/?p=45437"},"modified":"2015-11-09T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T15:28:00","slug":"the-editing-suite-depth-of-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hipstography.com\/en\/manual\/the-editing-suite-depth-of-field.html","title":{"rendered":"The Editing Suite: Depth of field"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Montreal-HipstaPak-Anne-Marie-Lens\"<\/a>The Montreal HipstaPak was released last Friday and includes a film, Mount Royal and a lens, Anne-Marie and one of its characteristics is a blurry effect. This is the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at one of the many functions in the Editing Suite: depth of field.<\/h4>\n

In \"traditional\" photography, 'depth of field' determines how much of the photograph is in focus and how gradual the transition between \"focused\" and \"out of focus\" is. The distance between the camera and the subject, the aperture and the focal length, work together to change the depth of field. A wide depth of field, which gives a gradual softening of focus, will appear more natural, with the subject becoming more incorporated into the environment. A shallow depth of field, gives a more dramatic change of focus, isolating the subject from the surroundings. A shallow depth of field is often used in portraiture, for example, to emphasise the subject from the background.<\/p>\n

A practical example would be, for example: a friend is posing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge. A wide\u00a0depth of field will result in the subject and the background being in focus; a shallow\u00a0depth of field will render your friend in focus but the bridge will be blurry.<\/p>\n

All of the above is, of course, theory related to traditional photography and, obviously, Hipstamatic<\/strong> works a little differently! The depth of field effect has been reproduced with lenses such as Tinto 1884<\/strong>, Americana<\/strong>, Loftus<\/strong> or Sergio<\/strong>. And from now on, also with Anne-Marie<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Some like the blurry effect, others don\u2019t: it\u2019s a question of personal taste, but thanks to the new 300-functions, you can actually adjust the blur yourself. You can add the effect to whichever lens or eliminate it altogether, if you so choose.<\/p>\n

First case scenario: you don\u2019t like the blur. Let\u2019s take Anne-Marie<\/strong> as an example: this lens slightly enhances the exposure, and saturates the rich tones but, unfortunately, also adds a blur, which we\u2019re assuming you\u00a0don\u2019t like. In the Editing Suite<\/strong>, you select the \"Depth of Field<\/strong><\/em>\"-function; you slide the cursor to the left and hey presto, the effect has almost disappeared. This way you can hold on to all the other characteristics of the lens without the disturbing element. The same applies for Americana<\/strong>, and Loftus<\/strong>; however, this technique seems to have no effect on Tinto 1884<\/strong> or Sergio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t